Bullish Blog

AP - Stocks jumped Tuesday as easing worries about the fallout from debt struggles in Dubai and a mostly upbeat array of economic reports gave investors who had jumped out of the market last week reason to return. A drop in the dollar drove up commodities prices and lifted the stocks of energy and materials companies that produce them.

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Reuters - The internal watchdog for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is probing whether enforcement staff “committed acts of negligence” in conducting an insider trading investigation.

AP - The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:

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AP - A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Monday:

Reuters - U.S. stocks rose on Monday, helping the Dow post its fifth straight monthly gain, on hopes that possible fallout from Dubai’s debt woes will be contained.

AP - The stock market ended November with its best monthly performance since the summer — even as investors worried about the strength of the holiday shopping season.

AFP - London’s benchmark FTSE 100 shares index advanced in opening trade on Monday, after sharp Asian gains across Asia, on easing worries about Dubai’s debt crisis, dealers said.

AFP - Dubai’s stock market plunged 5.94 percent on Monday as trading opened following an announcement by the Arab emirate that it intends to seek a freeze on debt repayments.